Two ex-Pak Army officers face punishment for spying

Islamabad, May 31: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa endorsed punishment to two senior retired Army officers and one civil officer "on the charges of espionage/leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies prejudice to the national security", a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations has said.

"The officers were tried under Pakistan Army Act (PAA) and Official Secret Act by separate Field General Court Martial (FGCM) for separate cases," The Dawn quoted the statement issued by the military's media wing on Thursday.

ISPR also released a video statement of Major General Asif Ghafoor confirming the arrest of the two officers and their court-martial.

"Reports started circulating in the media that two senior army officers were under arrest. Yes they are. There are two officers who are under military custody on the charges of espionage," the ISPR director general confirms in the video.

Maj Gen Ghafoor said that both were separate cases and not linked to one another in any way and there is no network as such. (UNI)